The light striking through the morning clouds over The Minch can be very atmospheric:
Black Pudding.
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Friday, 5 August 2011
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We may be apart but when I look at the sky and remember that we are standing on the same earth, looking at the same moon, somehow you don't seem so far away after all.
NOTES FROM THE ISLE OF LEWIS IN SCOTLAND'S OUTER HEBRIDES AND ANYWHERE ELSE I HAPPEN TO FIND MYSELF
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SO NEAR
We may be apart but when I look at the sky and remember that we are standing on the same earth, looking at the same moon, somehow you don't seem so far away after all.
LIFE
Life isn't about dawdling to the grave, arriving safely in an attractive, wrinkle-free body but rather an adventure that ends skidding in sideways, champagne in one hand, strawberries in the other, totally worn out, screaming "Yee-ha. What a ride!!"
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass… It’s about learning to dance in the rain. (With thanks to shabby girl of A Travelling Fish )
But what are plans other than more restrictions? (With thanks to Pauline)
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass… It’s about learning to dance in the rain. (With thanks to shabby girl of A Travelling Fish )
But what are plans other than more restrictions? (With thanks to Pauline)
Feeling young is fabulous but growing old is a blessing!!!
(A comment on this blog by Jaz who used to write Treacy Travels.)
The trick to pushing 70, GB, is to push back -- hard!!!
(A comment by Carol aka Canadian Chickadee who comments but does not blog)
(A comment on this blog by Jaz who used to write Treacy Travels.)
The trick to pushing 70, GB, is to push back -- hard!!!
(A comment by Carol aka Canadian Chickadee who comments but does not blog)
I am he who I am
- Graham Edwards
- Having lived the majority of my life in the Hebrides where my heart is, I feel I can now call myself a Hebridean. For nine years I lived half my life in New Zealand: a country I love. It was an honour being a part time Kiwi.
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- On Being Called EdwardEs
- All's Quiet on the Eagleton Front
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- Thankful Thursday
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- A New Original?
- We Have Sheep Too
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- I've Started So I'll Finish
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- A Really Really Good Day
- Oops - An Apology
- A Tiny Camera
- What if?
- Cuckoo
- Heron, Castle Grounds, Stornoway
- Optical Illusions: The Spinning Dancer
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- Happy Chickens
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- Heron (18/09/09, 29/06/10, 14/08/11)
- Herring Gull (04/06/08)
- Hooded Crow (20/10/10)
- House Martin (17/06/13)
- House Sparrow (16/06/08, 09/07/08)
- Jackdaw (26/06/08)
- Kestrel (11/07/12)
- Lapwing (26/06/08)
- Meadow Pipit (14/08/08,09/08/12))
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- Redshank (02/06/08)
- Redwing (25/10/08, 22/10/10)
- Reed Bunting (28/05/10)
- Robin (26/06/08)
- Rock Dove/Rock Pigeon (14/07/08)
- Rock Pipit (17/08/09)
- Siberian Chiffchaff
- Siskin (26/06/08)
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- Song Thrush (23/09/08)
- Sparrowhawk (10/08/08)
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Beautiful...
ReplyDeleteI can see religious people particularly appreciating that too!
"God loves ye..." moment.
Heavenly! Love the light on the water.
ReplyDeletestunning!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shot!
ReplyDeleteohhhh, this is such a beautiful photo!
ReplyDeleteSuperb.
ReplyDeleteA really beautiful shot, Graham.
ReplyDeleteIt has to be seen to be believed how the light is never the same from one day to the next - one minute to the next. It's an ever-changing view - I could never tire of looking at it.
ReplyDeletewow!!
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